Books & Resources
Resources
- Resources used during Emmaus report to Presbytery of Waterloo-Wellington: Three time periods of Christianity – Presbytery June 2010
Book List
Six books were recommended by our Emmaus Companions as advanced reading in order to prepare the Emmaus delegates for the event. During the event, our companions had more suggestions to add to our list. They make great reading now that we are our ideas are taking shape at home. All of them are available through the bookroom (see information below).
Have you already read them? Are people in your presbytery or congregation talking about them? We would love to receive your comments at trafalgarchurch@bellnet.ca
Primary books
- Bill Easum: “A Second Resurrection“
- Don Posterski: “Enemies with Smiling Faces“
- Diana Butler Bass: “A People’s history of Christianity:The Other Side of the Story“
Secondary books
- Bill Easum: “Unfreezing Moves“
- Diana Butler Bass: “Christianity for the Rest of Us: How the Neighbourhood Church is Transforming the Faith“
- Don Posterski & Gary Nelson: “Future Faith Churches: Reconnecting with the power of the gospel for the 21st century“
Further recommendations from Bill Easum:
- Reggie McNeal, Missional Renaissance: Changing the Scorecard for the Church
- Ed Stetzer and Warren Bird, Viral Churches: Helping Church Planters Become Movement Makers
- Dave Ferguson and Jon Ferguson, Exponential: How You and Your Friends Can Start a Missional Church Movement
- Alan Hirsch and Debra Hirsch, Untamed: Reactivating a Missional Form of Discipleship
- Hugh Halter and Matt Smay,And: The Gathered and Scattered Church
Further recommendations from Diana Butler Bass:
- Harvey Cox, The Future of Faith
- John Douglas Hall, The Cross in our Context
- Phyllis Tickle, The Great Emergence
- Marcus Borg, The Heart of Christianity
- Dorothy Bass, Practicing Our Faith
- David Korten, The Great Turning (from a secular POV)
Ordering from The BookRoom
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